I promised myself that in the new year I would begin blogging. Today is January 14 and my mind is still blank. Why won't the words come? Am I trying to hard? Surely I can come up with something. I am never at a loss for words when it comes to talking but putting into print just feels different to me it's like exposing myself to the world but I am willing to give it a try, so here it is.
On Tuesday January 12, 2010 there were two events making headlines. The World News was focusing on the earthquake in Haiti, while the Sports Media was focusing on the abrupt departure of the University of Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin, after only fourteen months on the job. He left to take a job at USC where he had coached previously. This sudden departure left the university, the fans, the football players, the new recruits along with the whole city feeling betrayed. There were riot like demonstrations by students on campus. Social Networking such as face book and twitter were flooded with people voicing there hateful and mean comments. I need to say here that I was one of them. I was caught up in the frenzy of the moment. I had forgotten that there was another news story that day....Haiti...oh yes, Haiti in the city of Port-au- Prince where the earthquake has devastated the city and left thousands upon thousands wounded and dead. Families separated and homes destroyed. How could I forget so quickly?
Yes there were two news stories that day. One we will move on from and it will all work out. the other will not be so easy. The devastation is so monumental that it will be felt across the globe for a very long time. So I ask myself, can I do anything to change this? Maybe not but I am going to put my efforts into the news story that has changed Haiti.
Evelyn Miller
The title of this post is taken from a quote by Oscar Wilde
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